
Height: | 5-10 |
Weight: | 165 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Westerville, Ohio |
High School: | St. Francis DeSales |
Position: | M |
Accolades: (2011) Earned UMBC semester academic honors (3.50 gpa) in the fall…(2012) Named to the America East Men’s Soccer All-Academic squad… Earned place on America East Fall 2012 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Earned Dean’s List honor’s in the spring and semester academic honors in the fall… (2013) Named to UMBC Dean’s List in the spring and President's List (4.00 gpa) in the fall... Selected to America East All-Academic Team... Selected to America East Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll (2014) Earned Dean's List honors (3.75 gpa) in the spring... (2014) Earned degree after the fall semester in just seven semesters of work and hopes to attend pharmacy school in the fall of 2015... Named NSCAA/Disney Soccer Player of the Week, America East Player of the Week and earned spots on Teams of the Week from Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News on Nov. 4… Earned a spot on the America East Honor Roll.
2014: Suffered a lower body injury in the summer and made season debut against Loyola on Sept. 20... Competed in 14 contests... Led the Retrievers to victory on Senior Night (Nov. 1), scoring three goals (a natural hat trick) to earn his first career three-goal game... It was lone three-goal game by an America East player in 2014 and UMBC's first since 2011 (Pete Caringi III).
2013: Saw action in 19 of 20 contests… Played a season-high 63 minutes versus Delaware on Oct. 1… Scored his first collegiate goal with 2:35 remaining in regulation as the host Retrievers blanked Stony Brook, 1-0, on “Senior Night”…The win clinched UMBC’s first America East regular season title since 2003.
2012: Competed in all 22 contests and started 20 at the right wing midfield slot for UMBC… Combined with Stephen Ho to give the Retrievers a strong 1-2 punch at that position… Contributed an assist in the 5-1 rout of Boston University on Oct. 13.
2011: Saw action in all 18 games during his freshman campaign and earned four starts in the midfield… Recorded his lone point of the season, an assist on a Sean Rothe goal vs. Maryland on Sept. 13… Made his first collegiate start vs. the No. 1-ranked Terrapins and played 86 minutes… Also started vs. Loyola, Longwood, Albany and Stony Brook.
Background: Earned degree in biology… An NSCAA Academic All-America honors after a stellar career at St. Francis DeSales… The wide midfielder was also named to the All-Region IV, Division II All-State, All-District and All-Conference first teams in 2010…A two-time First Team Columbus Catholic League selection… Captained the team in 2009 and 2010 and led the Stallions to the 2009 Division II state title... Competed for the Columbus Crew in the U.S. Development Academy… A member of the National Honor Society… Lists favorite professional team as Juventus and favorite food is gnocchi… Has a younger brother, Matthew, who is 20 and a rising junior soccer player at Ohio Wesleyan University… Son of Christine and Mario DiCesare… Born June 23, 1992.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | GP-GS | SH | G | A | Pts. |
2011 | 18-5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 22-20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 19-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | 15-0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Career | 74-25 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Recent Games | ||
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Nov 15 | Hartford | W, 2-1 |
Nov 20 | at Wake Forest | T, 0-0 |
Nov 23 | at Maryland | W, 1-0 |
Nov 30 | at Louisville | W, 1-0 |
Dec 5 | at Creighton | T, 0-0 |
Dec 12 | vs. Virginia | L, 1-0 |
Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | 15 | 5 | ||
Games started | - | - | ||
Goals | 3 | 3 | ||
Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
Points | 6 | 6 | ||
Shots | 7 | 5 | ||
Shot Pct | .429 | .600 | ||
Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
Game-winning goals | 1 | 1 |
Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
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Aug 23 | at American | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Aug 29 | Long Island | W, 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Aug 31 | Sacred Heart | W, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 5 | at Maryland | T, 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 7 | Appalachian St. | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 12 | at UNLV | L, 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 14 | vs. Cal St. Fullerton | L, 4-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 20 | Loyola (Md.) | T, 1-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Sep 24 | William & Mary | L, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 27 | at George Mason | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 30 | at Delaware | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Oct 4 | UMass Lowell | W, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Oct 11 | Hartford | W, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 18 | at Albany | T, 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 21 | at Navy | L, 2-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Oct 25 | at New Hampshire | W, 2-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Oct 29 | Binghamton | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 1 | Vermont | W, 5-1 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .750 | 0-0 | 1 |
Nov 5 | at Stony Brook | W, 2-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 12 | Vermont | W, 3-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 15 | Hartford | W, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 20 | at Wake Forest | T, 0-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 23 | at Maryland | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Nov 30 | at Louisville | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Dec 5 | at Creighton | T, 0-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Dec 12 | vs. Virginia | L, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | |
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Total | 15 | - | .20 | .00 | .40 | .47 | .429 | .33 | .714 |
Conference | 5 | - | .60 | .00 | 1.20 | 1.00 | .600 | .80 | .800 |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Home | 6 | - | .50 | .00 | 1.00 | 1.17 | .429 | .83 | .714 |
Away | 8 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
Neutral | 1 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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Wins | 10 | - | .30 | .00 | .60 | .70 | .429 | .50 | .714 |
Losses | 2 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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September | 2 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
October | 4 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .25 | .000 | .25 | 1.000 |
November | 7 | - | .43 | .00 | .86 | .86 | .500 | .57 | .667 |
December | 2 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | |
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Total | 15 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .429 | 5 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
Conference | 5 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .600 | 4 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - |
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Home | 6 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .429 | 5 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
Away | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Neutral | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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Wins | 10 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .429 | 5 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
Losses | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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September | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
October | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
November | 7 | - | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
December | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |